William fawcett



W. PAWCETT HAME Tue. No; 283,475. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

(No Model) INVENTOR WITNESSES:

M, (5 BY fi V ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W ILLIAIVI FAWVOETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,475, dated August 21, 1883.

Application filed December 529, i882. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, W LLIAM hawcnr'r, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heine-Tug Connections, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of myiuventicn. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, partly in section, and part being broken away. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same, the screw and top of the cap being removed.

The object of this invention is to allow hams-tugs to be readily attached to hames.

and detached therefrom, so that the hame-tugs can be made separate from the hames.

The invention consists in a hametug connection constructed with an outwardly-projecting hook upon the hame draft-arm, to receive and serve as a pivot to the haine-tug eye, and a swiveled fastening-hook provided with a spring-catch hook for securing the said hamc-tug eye upon the said draft-hook.

The swiveled hook is further secured in place upon the draft-hook by a screwpassing through the said hook and into a screw-hole in the end of the said draithook, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents a hame, upon which is formed a draft-arm, B. Upon the outer end of the draft-arm B is formed ahook or pivot, 0, projecting outward at right angles with the line of draft to receive the hame-tug eye D. The haine-tug eye may be made of metal and with its shank secured to the end of the hame-tug E by rivets or other suitable means; or the hametug eye can be a hole formed through the end of the haine-tug to receive the hook C. The hanie-tug eye D is secured in place upon the draft-hook G by a hook, F, which has a curved slot formed in it narrower than the diameter of the hook C, so that the inner edge of the said hook F will enter a slot, 0, in the side of the hook O, to prevent the hametug eye from coming off the drafthook.

The hook F is secured in place upon the draft-hook O by a hook-latch, G, pivoted in a recess in the hook F, and held forward to engage with a square corner, 0 formed upon the hook C, by a spring, H, attached to it, and resting against the side of the said recess. Upon one side of the hook F is formed, or to it is attached, a pivot, I, which passes through a hole in the arm or shank of the draft-hook O, and is secured in place by having its end headed down, or by other suitable means.

The hook F can be further secured in place by a screw, J, which passes through a hole in the cover of the said hook, and screws into a hole in the end of the draft-hook C.

The cover K of the hook F may be separate from the body of the said hook, or may be formed upon it, or secured to it by rivets or other suitable means. I

\Viththis construction the hanie-tugs can be made without being connected with the hanies, so that the harness can be finished and afterward connected with hames of such a size as the size of .the horse upon which the harness is to be used may require.

Having thus described my invention, what I 7 5 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-,

1. A hanie-tug connection constructed sub= stantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of a hook swiveled upon the heme draft-arm, and adapted to engage with the end of the haine drafthook to close the same and hold the eye of the tug in place upon the hook, as set forth.

2. In a hame-tug connection, the combination, with the draft-hook C, of the swiveled hook F, substantially as herein shown and described 3. In a haine-tug connection, the combination, with the draft-hook O and the swiveled hook F, of the hooked latch G and the spring. II, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the swiveled hook will be locked in place upon the draft-hook, as set forth.

a. In a hame-tug connection, the draft-hook 0, made, substantially as herein shown and described, with a side slot, G, and a corner, 0,

at its end, to adapt it to engage with the sWivtially as herein shown and described, whereby eled hook, and the spring-catch to hold the the said swiveled hook is secured in place upon said swiveled hook from outward movement, the said draft-hook, as set forth. as set forth.

5. In a hame-tug connection, the combina- Witnesses: tion, with the draft-hook O and the swiveled hook F, of the fastening-screw J, substan- WVILLIAM FAVVOETT.

J AMES '1. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK. 

